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Chapter 221 The cannon finally came into use
"Boom boom boom..."

The shelling continued. The 400 large and small cannons of the Ming army bombarded for half an hour without stopping.

With an attitude of not giving up until all the solid projectiles were shot out, although the gunners were sweating profusely and half choked to death, not only did they not complain, but cherished this hard-won opportunity very much.

This is the Franc machine gun, the child gun and the mother gun are separated, so there is no need to worry about the barrel overheating and blasting the chamber.

The same ten guns took turns firing and reloading ammunition, almost seamlessly connecting, pouring projectiles into Jiannu's camp at a rate of two rounds per minute.

Such dense projectiles, no matter how limited the lethality is and how low the hit rate is, will still blast the earthen walls in front of the three camps to be riddled with holes.

The carriages and military tents in the camp were also smashed to pieces, and the [-] Han soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Their limbs and arms were thrown all over the ground, and their livers, intestines, and viscera were sun-drenched in the grass. up.

If it weren't for the good treatment and generous rewards, and this time Dorgon promised to kill one enemy and reward one acre of land, and if three enemies were killed, he would be directly promoted and raise the flag, and he might have collapsed without a round of shelling.

At first, Dor Gun didn't pay much attention to it, but as the shelling got longer and longer, he couldn't sit still anymore, and even became a little flustered.

Because the Ming army's cannons continued to bombard like this, there was no need to fight at all, and they could be killed by cannons alone, and it would probably become a big joke by then.

"Sir, I didn't expect the Ming army's artillery fire to be so fierce and dense. What should I do?" After seeing the Ming army's Fran cannon, Dole felt that the red cannon was not very fragrant.

Hong Chengchou's face was also extremely solemn, obviously he did not expect the Ming army's Fran cannons to be so dense.

Knowing that he didn't want to come up with a countermeasure, he might really be doomed, his eyes shone with wisdom, he pondered for a while and said: "My lord, the shells of the Ming army hit the earthen wall, although it can blow the earthen wall to pieces, But there was no momentum, and the casualties of the soldiers hiding behind were not large.

Moreover, after the shells hit the grain bags on the carriage, they also lost momentum. In this way, people put the soil in the sacks and piled them in the camp. The soldiers should be able to avoid the shells well by hiding behind the sacks! "

It has to be said that Hong Chengchou's vision is really vicious. Seeing the Ming army's artillery shells flying randomly on the ground, hitting the grain bag, but there was no movement, he immediately thought of using softness to overcome rigidity and using sacks of soil to prevent solid bullets bounce.

Dor Gun was already in a state of confusion at this time, and he immediately ordered to do so after hearing the words. Not only did he pack a large number of sacks in a short period of time and send them to the three camps in front, but he also planned to remove the soil walls of the six camps behind. , They all used sacks of soil to build walls.

Fortunately, in the past few months, tens of 10 horses and horses have consumed a lot of food, and nothing else, but there are plenty of spare sacks.

Sure enough, with the appearance of sack walls made of sacks in the slave camp, the casualties of soldiers immediately decreased.

Seeing this, Zhu Cihong also knew that the shelling would not have much effect, and more than half of the shells had been consumed, so he finally ordered to stop the shelling and prepare to attack.

The three battalions of the Chinese army had already been ready for battle. With the sound of the drums, the three battalions began to move forward.

"Soldiers, it's time to make contributions, serve the nation, serve the country, and serve His Majesty!"

"Soldiers, His Majesty is watching us from behind, the time has come to kill the enemy and serve the country!"

"The Ming Dynasty is mighty, the Ming army is victorious!"

"Soldiers follow me to kill!"

"Kill!"

When the three battalions approached a hundred steps away from the big camp, all the students in the martial arts hall pulled out their swords from their waists, roared, and then rushed forward in the lead.

And the more than 1 Ming soldiers all had red eyes, shouting and rushing forward.

"Fire arrows!"

shhhhhh…

shhhhhh…

The archers on both sides drew their bows like a full moon, throwing arrows at each other crazily, and the screams of the arrows continued for a while.

Although there were shields in hand to cover them, the charging Ming army was still hit by arrows from time to time, but not many people actually fell down.

Obviously, the cotton armor of the Ming army can resist bows and arrows very well. As long as it is not shot directly in the face, it will hardly hurt the internal organs. Therefore, after many Ming soldiers were hit by arrows, they just staggered, grunted, and then gritted their teeth. Keep charging.

Some were even more crazy, pulling out the arrow and throwing it on the ground.

And the traitors defending are all wearing leather armor, only one layer, the defensive effect is not as good as the cotton armor, and almost all those who are hit by arrows in the body and head have lost their combat effectiveness.

Even some of those who had been shot in the thighs were lying on the ground and howling continuously.

Obviously without the smuggling of traitor merchants, Jiannu, let alone equip ordinary Han soldiers with cotton armor and iron armor, even their own cotton armor and iron armor are enough.

On the contrary, the gunners in the three battalions caused a lot of casualties to the Ming army, but due to the earth wall blocking them, the gunners had little effect, and the gunners of the Ming army were all transferred to defend the carriages on the two wings.

However, although the firecrackers could break through the Ming army's cotton armor, their rate of fire was too slow. After only two rounds, the Ming army rushed to the front of the ditch.

The one-meter-deep ditch, plus the one-meter-high earth wall behind it, is a full two meters long. Without a ladder or plank, it is really difficult to jump and climb over it.

But it was difficult for the Ming army. A famous shield player jumped into the ditch, bent down and lifted the shield on his shoulders, forming a series of ramps from low to high.

It's not that the Qing army didn't want to insert some wooden thorns in the ditch, but it was too late. It was very rare to dig such a deep ditch and build such an earthen wall in one night.

With the chute formed by the shields, the sword and shield players and pikemen behind stepped on the shields and rushed up immediately, and then jumped off the earth wall to start a hand-to-hand fight with the Qing army.

The spearman stood by the pit, holding a two-foot-long spear for cover. Whenever the Qing army got up from behind the earth wall to kill or stab the Ming army on the shield, they would be stabbed to death by the spearman. .

However, the spears of the Qing army were too short to reach the spearmen on the other side of the pit, so that the Qing army did not dare to show their heads.

"Brothers, kill an enemy and enjoy an acre of land! Give it to me!"

Seeing more and more Ming soldiers jumping off the earthen wall and coming in, the officers of the Qing army also cheered up and yelled constantly. Sure enough, they were rewarded heavily, and there was no lack of food or pay at ordinary times. Although the Ming army All of them are like wolves and tigers, fearless of death, and look like mad dogs, but the traitor soldiers dare to rush up and fight with them.

It has to be said that the ancient Han people were indeed born to be soldiers. As long as they had enough to eat and kept their troops in command, they almost all dared to fight and kill.

(End of this chapter)